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DaveInVA wrote:What I got from that is that if you have a peecee or craptop with a microphone and Chrome installed a hacker can gain access to the microphone through the bug as listen in at will (or bob or larry etc)
...speech (to text?) recognition, not simply an open mic nite at SFW's house.
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DaveInSaoMiguel
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What I got from that is that if you have a peecee or craptop with a microphone and Chrome installed a hacker can gain access to the microphone through the bug as listen in at will (or bob or larry etc)
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Red_Dragon
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Jan 23, 2014 - 1:23pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: Hmm, but I kind of agree with Google that it's not an issue for ...anyone? Pretty thin subset of people using speech recognition on random websites, I think.
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ScottFromWyoming
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Red_Dragon wrote: Hmm, but I kind of agree with Google that it's not an issue for ...anyone? Pretty thin subset of people using speech recognition on random websites, I think.
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DD gypsyman
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Finally got around to putting in the SSD. Wow! First impression is it's worth every nickel. Took 6 hours to do a clone of the old drive to an external (the failsafe backup), then 3 or so hours to do a clone of the old HD to the new SSD, then maybe an hour to actually put it in. While we were taking it apart, the guy whose bench I was using said "I should look thru my box of RAM and see if I have any for that" and sure enough, he had a 4GB and 2GB pair just laying around. I had 2 1GB chips in and the thing can only address 3GB max, so I took them both out and put the 4 & 2 in to see what would happen. It was not happy So I took out the 4, put a 1 back in and it's great. "Only" 3GB RAM in it but that's 50% more than I had this morning, and the big apps will use the SSD as virtual memory which will really speed things up. I had to backscroll to figure out why this conversation's in this thread. But it is, so hey, sorry. Congrats, man. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm a hardware fanatic, and build my own machines. (My main rig has 24Gb RAM) Definitely, SSD drives are the key to speed. Make sure to check firmware versions, as well as driver updates. I think MAC does that as a "system upgrade" automatically, so its not as likely to be a pain in the butt as Windows. In any case, hurrah! and happier computing!
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Two hunna dolla! It's really attractive, too. I don't want to put it in the case. Now the guy with the tools who's going to help me put it in... got stuck out of town and now is leaving on vacation so I have to wait a week to put it in. Good thing I paid $5 for 2nd Day. Thanks again for the tip, Steve... Finally got around to putting in the SSD. Wow! First impression is it's worth every nickel. Took 6 hours to do a clone of the old drive to an external (the failsafe backup), then 3 or so hours to do a clone of the old HD to the new SSD, then maybe an hour to actually put it in. While we were taking it apart, the guy whose bench I was using said "I should look thru my box of RAM and see if I have any for that" and sure enough, he had a 4GB and 2GB pair just laying around. I had 2 1GB chips in and the thing can only address 3GB max, so I took them both out and put the 4 & 2 in to see what would happen. It was not happy So I took out the 4, put a 1 back in and it's great. "Only" 3GB RAM in it but that's 50% more than I had this morning, and the big apps will use the SSD as virtual memory which will really speed things up. I had to backscroll to figure out why this conversation's in this thread. But it is, so hey, sorry.
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Two hunna dolla! It's really attractive, too. I don't want to put it in the case. Now the guy with the tools who's going to help me put it in... got stuck out of town and now is leaving on vacation so I have to wait a week to put it in. Good thing I paid $5 for 2nd Day. Thanks again for the tip, Steve...
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Sold done deal. Saved about $50 over what I was going to spend later today! I didn't even look at it! What if it was just the 840, not the Pro??? Yeah it's the Pro. Dang, Scott Two hunna dolla! It's really attractive, too. I don't want to put it in the case. Now the guy with the tools who's going to help me put it in... got stuck out of town and now is leaving on vacation so I have to wait a week to put it in. Good thing I paid $5 for 2nd Day. Thanks again for the tip, Steve...
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Steve wrote:Don't forget the bonus Super Points! Whatever those are, yeah
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Steve
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Sold done deal. Saved about $50 over what I was going to spend later today! I didn't even look at it! What if it was just the 840, not the Pro??? Yeah it's the Pro. Dang, Scott Don't forget the bonus Super Points!
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Sold done deal. Saved about $50 over what I was going to spend later today! I didn't even look at it! What if it was just the 840, not the Pro??? Yeah it's the Pro. Dang, Scott
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Steve wrote:I'm a regular visitor at Slickdeals.net. They had this deal this morning: ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— www.buy.com has the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD) for $229.99. http://www.rakuten.com/prod/samsu...99158.htmlCoupon: Get $30 off this Samsung product when using promo code. Use promo code 4DFEC49 at checkout. Ends 4/9/2013 Final Price = $199.99 + FS when you choose the budget shipping option. When you buy the item you get 1000 Rakuten Super Points. 100 super points points = $1 Tech Specs Drive Interface SATA/600 Buffer 256 MB Maximum Read Transfer Rate 540 MBps Maximum Write Transfer Rate 520 MBps Maximum External Data Transfer Rate 768 MBps (6 Gbps) Product Type Solid State Drive Manufacturer Part Number MZ-7PD256BW Manufacturer Website Address www.samsungusa.com Manufacturer Samsung Product Model MZ-7PD256 Product Name 256GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro Series Product Series 840 Pro Brand Name Samsung Weight (Approximate) 2.40 oz Form Factor Internal Height 0.3" Drive Width 2.5" Storage Capacity 256 GB Awesome! That's the drive I want.
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Steve
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:I've been using Chrome for 2 or 3 years; this is new. Oh well. I just went shopping for an SSD and found a price on the Samsung 840 Pro that was, at $209, about $20 less than the next lowest price and $40 under most retailers. I was looking around on the site (MacMall) for RAM too and when I came back and added the SSD to the cart, the price jumped to $249! Too slow, Scott, too slow. Well, back to shopping. I'm a regular visitor at Slickdeals.net. They had this deal this morning: ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— www.buy.com has the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD) for $229.99. http://www.rakuten.com/prod/samsu...99158.htmlCoupon: Get $30 off this Samsung product when using promo code. Use promo code 4DFEC49 at checkout. Ends 4/9/2013 Final Price = $199.99 + FS when you choose the budget shipping option. When you buy the item you get 1000 Rakuten Super Points. 100 super points points = $1 Tech Specs Drive Interface SATA/600 Buffer 256 MB Maximum Read Transfer Rate 540 MBps Maximum Write Transfer Rate 520 MBps Maximum External Data Transfer Rate 768 MBps (6 Gbps) Product Type Solid State Drive Manufacturer Part Number MZ-7PD256BW Manufacturer Website Address www.samsungusa.com Manufacturer Samsung Product Model MZ-7PD256 Product Name 256GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro Series Product Series 840 Pro Brand Name Samsung Weight (Approximate) 2.40 oz Form Factor Internal Height 0.3" Drive Width 2.5" Storage Capacity 256 GB
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DD gypsyman
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:I've been using Chrome for 2 or 3 years; this is new. Oh well. I just went shopping for an SSD and found a price on the Samsung 840 Pro that was, at $209, about $20 less than the next lowest price and $40 under most retailers. I was looking around on the site (MacMall) for RAM too and when I came back and added the SSD to the cart, the price jumped to $249! Too slow, Scott, too slow. Well, back to shopping. I highly recommend Newegg. I have always had the absolute best in prices, shipping, and customer service from them. Make sure you read the customer reviews! They are very helpful.
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DaveInVA wrote: They're competitive and a known quantity; I'll probably go with them. Especially now that MacMall hosed me
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DaveInSaoMiguel
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Apr 7, 2013 - 9:21am |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:I've been using Chrome for 2 or 3 years; this is new. Oh well. I just went shopping for an SSD and found a price on the Samsung 840 Pro that was, at $209, about $20 less than the next lowest price and $40 under most retailers. I was looking around on the site (MacMall) for RAM too and when I came back and added the SSD to the cart, the price jumped to $249! Too slow, Scott, too slow. Well, back to shopping. Check out the SSD and RAM prices at NEWEGG... I've always had good experiences buying from them...
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ScottFromWyoming
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Apr 7, 2013 - 9:15am |
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gypsyman wrote: I have heard from Linux users that Safari and Chrome don't play well together....Safari being native to Mac/Linux, Chrome being, well, not exactly. Macs use a linux-like core; perhaps there is a little too much code-jinking to port Chrome reliably, but that is really just conjecture on my part.
You will fall in love with your new SSD. They're all I've been using for a while, and there is just no going back.
I've been using Chrome for 2 or 3 years; this is new. Oh well. I just went shopping for an SSD and found a price on the Samsung 840 Pro that was, at $209, about $20 less than the next lowest price and $40 under most retailers. I was looking around on the site (MacMall) for RAM too and when I came back and added the SSD to the cart, the price jumped to $249! Too slow, Scott, too slow. Well, back to shopping.
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DD gypsyman
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Mac, yes. Javascript yes, Java no. I may just do some basic maintenance but I'm going to swap out the hard drive for a SSD soon and do some major housecleaning then; maybe I'll just put up with it. If I want to watch stupid videos I can just launch Safari or FF. I was just tonight getting a general Website Not Found error... for Google. Google cal wouldn't load even where it was embedded... anyway relaunching Chrome fixed that. I'm sure it's something like that. I'll work on it tomorrow. I have heard from Linux users that Safari and Chrome don't play well together....Safari being native to Mac/Linux, Chrome being, well, not exactly. Macs use a linux-like core; perhaps there is a little too much code-jinking to port Chrome reliably, but that is really just conjecture on my part. You will fall in love with your new SSD. They're all I've been using for a while, and there is just no going back.
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